Arkham City Interview Tapes EXPLAINED
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 มิ.ย. 2024
- Ever wondered just what Hugo Strange was conducting behind the scenes in Arkham City? Well, look no further than the interview tapes! You can learn a lot about this game by just listening to Corey Burton for 50 minutes.
I know I skipped the Arkham Asylum tapes, and that's just because there's not a lot to talk about with them, so I had to sadly move on without them, despite the fact that they're the most famous.
Timestamps
Intro: 0:00 - 0:52
Mr. Freeze: 0:52 - 6:50
Penguin: 6:50 - 11:26
Two-Face: 11:26 - 15:29
Joker: 15:29 - 19:13
Catwoman: 19:13 - 22:18
Riddler: 22:18 - 24:55
Mad Hatter: 24:55 - 28:00
Outro: 28:00 -
Music
Protocol 10 Begins
Bring Her Back To Me
Gladiator
The Art of War
Tunnel Vision
Trophy Room
Smelting Chamber
On A Knife's Edge - เกม
strange isn't just *wrong* about freeze, he's basically straight up *_gaslighting him_* in order to get under his skin. it's actually super terrifying how he hits _every mark_ of a professional gaslighter throughout these tapes, but especially victors.
Strange is literally denying the reality, that victor is a man of great compassion and empathy, and instead is forcing him to accept a false narrative where everything is Victor's fault. It's damn near textbook
I guess you could say it's...
...GOTHAM BY GASLIGHT!
I'll just go now.
@cameronlawson6848 My friend, you are "The Doom That Came To Gotham."
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Goodbye
Mister Freeze: “Do you know what it's like to love someone?”
Hugo Strange: “No.” 🙃
What I love about the Joker/Strange tapes is that it’s the closest we’ll ever get to hear Luke Skywalker interacting with Count Dooku lol
Truly, the Mad Hatter is the most important character in all of Arkham.
Huh
I wish he could have the spotlight in any Batman media. In fact, I've been working out a novel that has him as the main villain.
@@BrandontheAwesome He shines in Gotham.
I doubt it
Which is ironic because he's supposed to be a nonsensical villain.
I believe it's important to recognize that Mr. Freeze did not freeze these pets out of malice, curiosity, or general joy in killing, but out of a child's genuine compassion and an inability to deal with death in a healthy manner. Sure, the result is equally horrific, but I think it's nontheless important to distinguish between the reasons as one happens from a lack of empathy, while the other is rooted in empathy for the pets and the owners who have to live through the feelings of loss. Victor is disturbed, yes, but in a much different way than the other rogues who, for the most part, are very much devoid of compassion. Really makes me think that Victor suffered a loss early on and had no one who could've given him the tools to cope... ;_;
That makes much more sense for Mr. Freeze and it gives him a more interesting character trait rather than just the usual "serial killer symptom". Thanks for pointing this out.
Don't get me wrong, clownpuncher is absolutely right. I just personally didn't make this connection myself.
I prefer Richard Molls individual voices for both the good and bad side of Harvey but was disappointed that once he became two face he only ever spoke in the gravely voice. I really love how Troy Baker goes back and forth and even seems to have a mixed version when they are both unified. Really wish he got more time in the spot light. I think an Origins sequel game that shows the Arkham series’s long halloween equivalent that’s mentioned a couple of times could be great
I always felt it was a missed opportunity to never see Harvey dent. Would've been sick to see batman more in the spotlight of the public after origins takes place but still being pretty unknown with the city also still in that transition period of chaos.
If done correctly there could be a sequel of that sequel for dark victory showing the Arkhamverse dick Grayson origin
@@r0cket104Botha ya rocksteady is done with Arkham they will still do DC games but not Arkham games
@@conman_yt7999 we can only hope I’ve never liked a series of games or movies as much as I love the Arkham franchise if it was up too me I’d just make a Arkham flashpoint game so they can continue under a new continuity
@@r0cket104 😭😭😭
Freeze and Two Face: start of very defiant but Strange plays mind games with them and takes apart their characters piece by piece
Catwoman and Riddler: start off very smug and overconfident but Strange puts them in their place, stumps them and gets them to beg
Penguin and Mad Hatter: are far more cooperative and enter mutually beneficial partnerships with Strange
Joker: the only one who doesn’t fall for Strange’s mind games and actually gets Strange to ask for more to the point where he gets Strange to basically sentence doctors to death just so Strange can get more info. And Joker manages to get through the whole thing unscathed and gets to have some fun along the way.
Yup. As Ra's said, Strange is good but not as good as Batman and these tapes prove it
Joker psyop master
This is why JOKER IS MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE 😂🤣🤣😭
Just another reason why Joker is in my top three characters of all time.
It’s funny. At the start, Riddler is EMBARRASSING Strange. Running circles around him. It’s not until Strange brings up Batman’s identity where things are flipped on their head. The dude just KNOWS things. It’s honestly mind-boggling how easy he can flip the script, even when he was clearly being outsmarted by Nygma at the beginning.
Fun fact, if you go to the Church after the end of the story, you see Vicki Vale interviewing Sharp. If you talk to both, you get two tapes for Sharp. The tapes aren't too special, but they do confirm that the Huntress and Creeper exist in the Arkhamverse.
If Jack Ryder was the creeper in the arkhamverse, you'd think he would've become changed into the creeper at some point in City or Knight.
@@jakeproven256or Batman cured him
@@markmagician2471 Batman tried to cure him in Batman The Animated Series, but that didn't work at all given the end of that episode, and the fact that we see him as a background character on Justice Leauge The Animated series. I know these games aren't connected to the DCAU in anyway, I'm just saying.
@@jakeproven256my guess best is that when Jack becomes the Creeper he’s unaware of it, it’s probably similar to a split personality
@@b1ackspid3r43yeah and I can’t remember I think it’s in the beginning of city he’s bruised than later on he healed which points to him having a healing factor like the creeper
It's a crying shame how neglected the tapes in this game are (or any of the games for that matter, I love the origins ones and the scarecrow/Jason ones in knight especially). They give you the backstory of the character, which is obviously great, but there are so many questions people may ask as they play the game that are answered by these tapes and what strange says about what goes on.
Edit: something else fascinating about the tapes is what he says to catwoman. He explains how she knows so little about batman and that she can try to win his heart but he believes she never will. And looking at knight, she tried but batman felt they couldn't do it. Strange was right.
There's something about Asylum and Hugo that nobody talks about and it took me a while to realize. In one of Arkham's spirit stones Sharp mentions a friend who share the same views and even says they'll make a good team, and it was Strange all along
Nah, I wish it was but he was actually talking about Doctor Young. I even had to listen to the Spirit of Arkham chronicles again to be sure but yeah
@@isaiahrudd5593 I think I agree, it's been awhile since I last played Asylum, but I do believe he talks about Dr. Young.
@@BrandontheAwesome there is a small Easter egg however. In asylum the riddle to unlock Hugo Strange's bio is hidden behind very high tech defense showing his file,a tiny hint of his importance in future games
No, he's talking about young
To everyone saying it's Dr. Young that was probably the original intent, but both city and origins confirmed sharp was being controlled by forces beyond him. Shiva's master helped him open it and strange made him think he was the spirit of arkham. He was definitely talking about Dr. Young in that tape though since he's already believing himself possessed.
I'm so happy you're so fixated on Hugo Strange's "no" because *I am too*
The way he admits that, it's like he knows how sad it sounds but couldn't care less about it
It's interesting to have further insight into how dangerous Strange can be, being able to break down each of Batman's rogues piece by methodical piece.
I really like the riddler tapes in knight it's interesting how riddler and Catwoman talk to each other
The Arkham games are amazing and have so much detail
I never Get tired of replaying them
Strange one-upping Edward was probably the most satisfying part of the tapes
that 'No' meme line would be perfect for Jack Horner
"You gonna stop shooting your men?"
*"No."*
that would be hilarious
Gotta say, Hatter is my favourite Batman villain. I love his hypnosis gimmick and how he can be easily overlooked as one of the most important villains in the Arkham Universe, as he is the one who helped Strange mind control Sharp.
If you're looking for some media of two face I'd recommend the animated series there are a bunch of episodes featuring dent the ones I can think of are Two-Face - Part One
Two-Face - Part Two
The Strange Secret of Bruce Wayne
Almost Got ‘Im
Shadow of the Bat - Part One
Shadow of the Bat - Part Two
Trial
Second Chance
Sins of the Father
Judgement Day
On Leather Wings (cameo as Harvey Dent)
Pretty Poison (cameo as Harvey Dent)
Dreams in Darkness (cameo)
Fear of Victory (cameo)
Fire From Olympus (cameo) besides that I could recommend some comics featuring him if you want
Or the long Halloween movie
As a major Two-Face fanboy, I had a lot of fun watching the *Justice League: Action* episode _"Double Cross"_ (from 2017)
It's sadly the only episode of the show with Harvey Dent, his gimmick was way better than the one from the _Harley Quinn_ cartoon...
He's kinda similar to how he was represented during his small role in *Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay*
But yeah, it's a Batman-centric episode with Kevin Conroy voicing our Dark Knight, and the villains are Deadshot and Two-Face, what Batman fan could refuse to watch it?
Honestly this cartoon is a treasure chest when it comes to (and I hate to use that word) "underrated/underappreciated" Kevin Conroy performances.
He is in top form in that show, and there are quite a lot of Batman-centric episodes that are a must-watch for Batfams around the globe.
*Time Share* is a love letter to Batman:TAS... in it, Batman and Blue Beetle go back in time because of Chronos , and find themselves watching a young, inexperienced Batman going up against Carmine Falcone for the first time...
and can they help him without pulling a Barry Allen and dismantle reality?
*Time Out* is a solid coop episode with Batman and Booster Gold, and it was my personal tear-jerker in this show... and pretty much the episode that turned me into a Booster Gold fan
(before that I mainly knew him from *Smallville* and a few comic books in which he'd appear).
Just a couple ideas in case someone else wants to give this version of Kevin Conroy's Batman a chance.
Adding onto the Two-Face point, Troy Baker is consistently excellent throughout the entire series. He's basically Hamill level as Joker in origins, very good in the limited moments as Tim Drake's Robin, and regardless of what people think of Arkham Knight/Red Hood, Troy did a phenomenal job in that game too. Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill get the plaudits (and rightfully so, they're amazing) but I feel like Troy Baker, Nolan North as Penguin, Cory Burton as Hugo Strange, Dee Bradley Baker as Ra's and Grey DeLisle as Catwoman all have very good performances that aren't spoken about enough.
Troy baker also voiced red hood/ Jason Todd in knight, robin in city, and was Jason in Arkham VR. He was also (obviously) joker in origins. He is pretty damn talented
I’d love a video breaking down the behind the scenes lore of the riddles in either Arkham City or Arkham Knight
Same, it adds some information to the characters but some have ones that aren’t even seen in game like Maxie Zeus or Ratcatcher , and other small things in the game
When Hugo Strange said “no” I felt that 😔
Even after a decade, the Arkham series is still generating content for videos & contributing to batman universes, that's signify how passionately Rocksteady made those games & how amazing there are even till date.
Absolutely love this channel. I'm glad someone else appreciated Hugo's perfect delivery with the aloof "No." Just masterful voice acting.
“G’day chapst his eye clumpeter139”
The automatic subtitles in this video are amazing.
Some time, you gotta talk about the Sirus Pinkney plaques from arkham origins
For mr freeze’s recounting of his origins being slightly different to cold cold heart, victor could just be remembering it differently
Honestly, the voice of Hugo Strange always makes me think of Christopher Lee.
Still amazes me to learn he wasn't the actor.
Damm shame that we never got a fight with Strange in the bat suit
For good Two-Face stories, the Long Halloween comic is great. Plus the sequel, Dark Victory, is good too.
Your comments on Penguin are why I find him underrated as a Batman villain, especially in the Arkhamverse. Penguin treats being in Arkham as a business arrangement more than an actual prison, and unlike most of the other rogues he's a businessman. A sadistic criminal businessman, but he can stand up frequently to the other rogues like Joker and Two-Face and actually hold his own.
Arkham Asylum had the Chronicles of Arkham but that was more lore of the Asylum. Strange and Ra’s puppeteering all of these villains to mentally take on Batman is memorable as hell. It’s a wonderful take on the lore. This should be what a Batman TV miniseries series could look like. Add in some more villains like Deathstroke, Firefly, and maybe Anarky, we would have a great TV show.
The Joker and Two Face have taped were so good man. Those ones truly dove deep into their origin story.
The best feeling is when you open up TH-cam and hear, “gday chapts “
YES! Thank you for uploading!
Great video! Love how much the tapes provide so much backstory for Strange and his meddling. There are two tapes you didn’t cover, two from Quincy Sharp. You unlock them by talking to Vale & Sharp in the Church in the post game. I’d love to see you do this for the Arkham City Stories!
I think this is considered the best one just because strange says 'no'
Corey burton is just a great voice actor.
These tapes are like the music discs of the Arkham series.
i was waiting for you to do tapes!! thank you!!
Ah nice, again a video about one of the greatest games
I've been a fan of your videos for a while and I continue to enjoy them
Lessss gooooo just in time!
For the Two Face media you ask for, I would recomend:
-The two episodes in the Animated Series "Two Face". They act as an origin story for this version of the character, and they're great.
-"Second chance". Another Batman The Animated Series episode, this one of an atempt of curing Harvey
-The Dark Knight, for obvious reasons
-And, finaly, the comics "Long Halloween" and It's secuel "Dark Victory". This two are my favourite interpretations of Two Face and my favourite Batman comics in general. I would 100% recomend you to read them if you haven't.
Strange finally being annoyed with Nigma: “petulant child, I will tolerate your insolence no more!”
I love these tapes so much and what they reveal about the characters, to the extent that I’ve redone the voice over for most of them .
Hugo Strange’s No shall be memed
Troy Bakers Twoface is great. I wish we got more of him!
The interview tapes are pretty interesting. They add little nuggets to the story.
"The dark knight returns". Really good breakdown of Harvey's character as a whole. Shows what would happen if Harvey had plastic surgery to fix his face/body. Another good one is "arkham asylum, hell on earth" which shows two face locked up in arkham and forced to use a deck of tarot cards to make all decisions. This ultimately ends with Harvey incapable of making simple decisions like if he can use the bathroom or not
thank you for this breakdown! such an amazing game and game series.
YESSSS- Finally someone went over these-
Also fastest I’ve hit a TH-cam notification-
Actually, in arkham asylum, Scarecrow's audio tapes explain how he was able to create a new toxin and how there is a Cure. Batman appears in the final of his tapes
For good two face centric episodes and movies:
- Batman TAS: Two-Face part 1 & 2, Second Chance, and Judgement Day
- Movies: Batman the Long Halloween
Other than that, another commenter left some graphic novel and comic suggestions. I highly recommend checking those out. Also take a look at the ten best Two-Face stories by Mr Rogues.
I just wanna say I love your content and keep doing what you do
Love this game 😊
My name is No
@@No-ym2vh uh ok then
@@No-ym2vh hi no
It's So Cool That We Get To See Strange Basically Brake Every One Of Batman's Rogues!
The perfect one day late birthday gift a new clownpuncher vid.
Also in the Arkham unhinged series we see Catwoman trying to take the chip and two face trying to batman the steps in and saves Catwoman but two face tricks Catwoman making her get caught by tiger. So that what the guard was taking about at the beginning of Catwoman's tape
I now is pretty late but the long Halloween for me has one of the best two faces that I've seen
The long Halloween part 1 and 2 is a great two face story
I missed your content bro😭
I love these types of videos
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Love the content❤
My favorite is the Riddler tape revealing Strange has a Batsuit in his office.
Not sure if you’ve watched Batman TAS much before. However, if you’re looking for a good two face story then look no further than Two Face Part 1 and 2 (I believe it’s season 1 episode 17 and 18). Genuinely fantastic episodes and some of my favourites of the series. Really gives a deep dive into Two Face’s origins and psyche.
Also don’t know if you’ve read these two books however I firstly highly recommend Grant Morrison’s Arkham Asylum: A serious house on serious earth. Really explores the psychology of Batman’s villains and there’s a interesting excerpt on Two Face. Secondly, Batman the long Halloween heavily focuses on Two face and is a fantastic crime noir type story. Interestingly, The Dark Knight was very much heavily inspired by the Long Halloween.
So defs check em out, cannot recommend em enough!
Stuff like this is what made the games stick out more for me. Doing the riddler atuff to get more of these a bunch of other info to learn more of the lore is what i really liked about these games
This was super cool,lots of stuff i didn't know 👍
bro following u from Turkey i do really like ur content keep going one day u will get the respect and subscribers that you deserve
The "Two-Face" two-parter episode of BTAS is a good Two-Face episode and its his origin.
Sins of the Father too
If you're looking for good Two-Face stuff, I highly recommend the Two Part Animated Adaptation of Batman: The Long Halloween. It also has Troy Baker voicing Joker.
I liked your mr freeze pun
The voice acting is on a whole other level.
Finaly! Someone analyzed these.
I love that Strange is one of the few people who can actually get Riddler to shut up.
Another great video
City's tapes really hold the juiciest lore dumps.
Strange goes from background nobody to a calculating asshole, nudging everyone into Batman's path by pressing their mental buttons.
Joker is the only one he underestimates.
And one of the interview tapes actually makes one of the stories in the prequel books Canon 4 Arkham City
the joker helloo caugth me off guard so hard i started laughing
2:54 this line and video as a whole has made me very more interested in strange so thanks puncher of clowns!
Now you have me thinking about a What If? series for DC
Watch the long Halloween 1 and 2 if you want a good two-face story.
or just read the long halloween comics! theyre cool too.
@@potucsimp true
For two-face, Sins of the father is a pretty good episode of Batman TAS
Good video clown keep up the good work, could u do the Arkham knight tapes for ur next video? They are my favourite
I love listening to Riddler being screwed with by Strange lmao
I recommend the episode “Second chance” episode from Batman: The Animated Series
It focuses on Two-Face’s psychological trauma.
If you want more lore from Arkham City, the Arkham City Stories definitely provide it
You should totally watch Batman vs Two-Face! A really fun movie with a cool re-imagining of Two-Face’s character for the 60s Batman universe
Make a video about Knight, please!!!!! Love your videos ❤️
The asylum tapes were actually my favorite of the series, it was super good
The long Halloween is really good
The long halloween is a good two face story
Yes a new video!!!
I love playing Replaying the Arkham Game's especially Arkham Asylum and Arkham city I never Get tired of it
The best Two-Face I’ve seen was in Batman the Telltale Series.
Love this :)
Batman: The Audio Adventures on spotify has a really good Two Face Story imo!
Batman the telltale series has prob the best representation of Harvey.
For a great twoface comic I recommend eye of the beholder.
I really liked two face in the long halloween, if you haven't seen it, i 100% recommend checking it out. If i remember right two face is one of the main antagonists as well